Adil Soz

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New
York, February 25, 2014--The shutdown order issued by a district court in Almaty
against the independent weekly newspaper Pravdivaya
Gazeta is yet another example of Kazakhstan's determination to gag
independent voices in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today,
adding that the verdict should be overturned on appeal.

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A
journalist in Astana, the capital, said in a press conference on January 4,
2013, that he had staged his own disappearance in December to attract
government attention to ongoing abuses in the country, according to news
reports. Local journalists and press freedom organizations condemned the act,
which they said caused "great damage" to the Kazakh press.

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New York, December 27, 2012--Kazakh authorities must do
their utmost to determine the whereabouts and ensure the safety of journalist
Tokbergen Abiyev, who has been missing since December 20, the Committee to
Protect Journalists said today.